Governor Brown hesitated to say California was at “war” with Washington during a question-and-answer session with reporters. But he acknowledged the Republican tax plan that passed through Congress last month will mean some high-income earners in California will be tempted to leave the state.

“If we have a rainy-day fund, and if people don’t move out of the state who have a lot of money, things will be O.K.,” he said.

And his legacy? What about it?

“Can you tell me the legacy of Goodwin Knight? Or Governor Merriam? Or Deukmejian? Governors don’t have legacies, that’s my No. 1 proposition,” he said. “Look, we have a whole political system that judges our executives by the state of the economy, over which they have virtually no impact. So, you figure it out.”

Monica Ramirez, an activist and lawyer, said she never expected to one day walk the red carpet at the Golden Globes alongside Hollywood’s brightest stars. Her fight for Hispanic farmworkers, and in particular women in those jobs who face harassment, isn’t the clearest path to a celebrity awards ceremony.

But the #MeToo moment has formed new friendships and alliances, between powerful actresses seizing the moment and empowered activists who have given decades of their lives to fight for change.

Ms. Ramirez, who accompanied the actress Laura Dern, began working on behalf of women farmworkers decades ago, first in college and then later as a lawyer; she co-founded and is president of the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas. She praised Ms. Dern and others for using their platform to shine a light on women’s advocacy across industries.

“It was an incredible and very powerful experience. That was a lot of love in the room, on the red carpet, for our community, for what we represent,” Ms. Ramirez said. “But this is not just one moment that happened on the red carpet. It’s a movement that’s built on the work we’ve been doing for decades in this country.”

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California Today is edited by Julie Bloom, who grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from U.C. Berkeley.